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It is the vehicle through which most of our investment capital will be created. Constantia offers a range of niche insurance and risk management solutions, covering areas such as medical malpractice cover, primary health insurance and medical gap cover products, funeral and life insurance, guarantee and indemnity solutions, medical evacuation insurance and niche motor and property lines. We own 100% of Constantia.

Constantia is an independent and decentralised company under the guidance of its own Board of directors and Chief Executive Officer, Volker von Widdern. Constantia’s products are distributed through internal divisions to brokers or direct-to-market, or through independent Underwriting Management Agencies ("UMAs"). UMAs are generally incentivised on a cost recovery basis (calculated as a percentage of premium) and through profit share arrangements (to ensure sufficient and sustainable underwriting quality). Since Volker was appointed as CEO, Constantia has evolved from a small insurance company into a business with the capacity to write several billion rand in premium in the medium-term. Constantia has become a modern day, dynamic and ambitious enterprise.

Constantia operates as insurer in both the long-term and short-term insurance industries in South Africa.

For more information, please visit: www.constantiagroup.co.za

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The balance of the company is owned by management. The Century 21 brand has over 8 000 franchised offices in 80 countries. The system is a superior partner to franchisees with demonstrated success globally. The South African business has 45 offices, giving the brand plenty of room to grow. The brand attracts high-quality franchisees that in turn attract structurally higher commissions due to the quality of service, continually updated marketing, administrative technologies and inventory catering to all LSM groups. Sales across the system exceeded R2.0 billion for the year under review, a robust performance in an industry that is seeing lower volumes and values due to poor economic conditions. We are excited to be partners with Harry Nicolaides and his Century 21 team, who are just getting started.

For more information, please visit: www.century21.co.za

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ASOC is a special situations investment management company and the “first-to-market” of its kind. The objective is to capitalise on solvable business problems and reorganise the affairs of the underlying business to unleash its potential and generate a high-multiple return over the life of the fund. ASOC has closed three private deals so far: one in the early education sector, one in the media industry, and another being an express courier company. ASOC is led by the team of Shaun Collyer, Richard Ferguson and Paul Birkett – people who are fanatic about what they do, are not afraid to get their hands dirty and can put capital to work.

For more information, please visit: www.asocapital.com

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